History of the Great Zhou Dynasty

Chapter 257 Fengdu·Gathering strangers from all over the world

In February, the awakening of insects, the warmth of spring has arrived, and the flowers and grass are shallow——

After nearly two months of maintenance, the land of Fengdu is now in order. Tens of thousands of people from the Feng family have settled down and are taking advantage of the early spring to prepare for spring plowing.

And because the academy is about to open, a large number of strangers will gather in the Kyushu, who can escape, or from among various countries to investigate intentionally. For this reason, Fengdu has to arrange an area for a temporary residence. In order to receive these strangers.

Fengdu was very lively at this time.

And outside Fengdu——

"Wind Saint... Your path is astonishing, unprecedented, and those who come after you will probably be like the endless wind..."

Qu Yuan, at this moment in Chu State, the son is still a prince, waiting for the king. He can only take over the throne after observing filial piety for three years and being recognized by several elders and ministers in power.

Qu Yuan's visit to Fengdu this time was what he wanted, but Gongziju had become more and more restless recently. After he left, he felt uneasy.

"It turns out that Mo Ao, Fengdu has arrived, and the hundred miles of Lanling halfway into the mountain are all Fengdu's territory."

Hearing the sound, Qu Yuan opened the bamboo curtain and looked at the mountain.

"There is yin and yang in the mountains, and half of it returns to the capital of wind. However, Marquis Lu showed enough dignity and the wind sage."

"But what country wouldn't want such a wind capital to fall within its own country?"

"If the wind is falling, a hundred miles is no small thing, hundreds of miles is no big deal, even a thousand miles is no big deal."

Thousands of miles away, Chu State is just a land of a thousand miles, but in Qu Yuan's eyes, the value of this Fengdu is no less than the fertile land of a thousand miles.

"Rumble..." The carriage passed through the mountains, and there was an open place where the wind could enter. The surrounding rocks had already been removed with the joint efforts of tens of thousands of people, paving roads and building houses. Now, looking around, nothing could be moved. The large rocks are isolated, and underneath they are all flat soil after slash-and-burn cultivation.

"That's...Xu Xing." Seeing an acquaintance, Qu Yuan stopped the carriage and got off.

"It turns out that we can just walk to Fengdu, but it only takes an hour or two."

Fengdu is surrounded by mountains. It is long from east to west and narrow from north to south. The mountains are low but stretching.

When Qu Yuan came from the Chu region, he entered through the south entrance. As long as he climbed over the mountains, he was only ten miles away from Fengdu. For ordinary people, it only took an hour or two to travel.

Qu Yuan stepped forward. It turned out that Xu Xing had come to Fengdu early and saw that people in Fengdu were doing farm work, so he took several of his followers to join them.

In the name of asking Feng Yun for advice on farming in Andi, where would anyone deny him permission to do farming?

"Yuan Qu Dazai." When Xu Xing saw Qu Yuan, he paused and saluted.

The guard on the side said: "This is Qu Yuan and Mo Ao, who is called Zhou Li. Our country of Chu is no longer the same."

It’s different…

When he was in the Chu State, King Wei of Chu ordered that the Chu State break away from the "Rites of Zhou" and disobey the Zhou Dynasty, so he wanted to change his state position. Naturally, the original Prime Minister Qu Yuan no longer existed.

This Mo Ao was the one who replaced Da Zai.

When Xu Xing left, he had not heard of it. Now that he heard it, he was just thinking about it, but he also understood its meaning.

"Qu Yuan and Mo Ao see you in peace."

The Xu family of Xu Xingzhi had been gifted to Feng Yun's Andi by Marquis Zeng, so Xu Xing was a native of Andi at this time.

An Di is closely involved with the Chu State, and the Chu State is also a country that respects humanity at this time, so Xu Xing will not be as hostile to the Chu people as other countries.

"I remember you, but I didn't expect you to come to Fengdu and take a position in Fengdu?"

Qu Yuan asked, but Xu Xing shook his head.

"Xu Xing is serving as an official in the country of Xi."

Hey... Qu Yuan came to Fengdu through the land of He.

"You are lucky enough to have become an official and be able to live next to the Wind Sage. You can see him often."

Envy flashed in Qu Yuan's eyes.

Xu Xing smiled slightly and nodded silently.

"Then I won't delay you, sir."

"Let's go, let's go into Fengdu first, and then see if there's anything we can do to help."

Qu Yuan was not good at farming, but what he was good at was rarely needed by Feng Du.

"Rumble..." The carriage moved again, but Qu Yuan walked forward, watching all the way until he arrived in front of Fengdu City in the afternoon.

"It's so good to be inspired by ancient times. This city wall may have witnessed the rise and fall of ancient times."

Looking at this ancient and tough city wall, although it is not as tall and majestic as it is today, the ancient meaning on it is not there now.

"Enter the city."

Then as he entered the city, he saw a strong man talking to Uncle Zong. There were many strong men around him, pushing carts of gravel and gravel.

"Now that so many people have come to Fengdu City, it's troublesome for Uncle Chao." Uncle Zong spoke to Uncle Chao and behaved respectfully.

Uncle Chao waved his hand and said with a big smile: "It's no trouble. I'm a mason. I just do this job. I can build houses for Fengdu and provide a place for people who come and go. I'm also happy... But we have to say about the wages. Okay, let’s bring a bunch of kids to do hard work, so we can’t be aggrieved.”

Having said this, Uncle Zong naturally nodded and continued: "Of course I will remember it. Fengdu was newly established at this time, but there are a lot of gold, copper and jade in the ancient treasury of Dating, which have been melted into shell coins in the past two months. In addition, from Fengdu What you have collected can now be paid with small amounts, and large amounts can be recorded in the account. When the shell coins are sufficient, you can pay them one by one."

Uncle Chao heard this and nodded, but said: "We can't wait too long, so as not to delay the circulation of money in the city. Now when foreigners come to Fengdu, they must bring shell coins with them. I'm afraid it will affect the prices in the city. Uncle Zong needs to be careful." ."

Hearing this, Uncle Zong's eyes lit up.

"Uncle Chao still does business and finance?"

"Nowadays, Fengdu is short of business people, not as good as..."

"No, I'm just a mason, and I can't do such a fine lock." Waving his hand, Uncle Chao hurriedly left with a group of young and strong men.

"Zong Bo'an." Qu Yuan stepped forward.

"Who is your Excellency?"

Uncle Zong grabbed Uncle Chao and refused to let him go, but he looked at Qu Yuan.

"Yu, Qu Yuan of the Chu State was fortunate enough to receive the teachings of the Feng Sheng. At this time, he is Mo Ao of the Chu State, equivalent to the great minister in the "Zhou Rites". He came to Fengdu to observe the opening of the Feng Temple..."

"If you can trust Uncle Zong, you can hand over this business matter to..."

"Wait a moment." Before Qu Yuan could finish speaking, he heard Guan Zhong's voice.

"I, Guan Zhong of the State of Qi, was a traveling merchant in the early days. He was given lectures by Fengzi when he was in Da Ting. Later, he gave up business and studied. At this time, he was a senior official of the State of Qi, managing business affairs in the State of Qi. I came to Fengdu this time, and I hope Uncle Zong can do it. Let Yu protect Shang Yao for Fengdu in order to repay the kindness of one or two Feng Sages for giving lectures."

Zong Bo had heard about Guan Zhong a little bit, both when he was in the court and in Qi State at this time, and everyone knew about his reputation and his good business skills.

Uncle Zong looked at Qu Yuan and bowed apologetically.

"Mo Ao of the State of Chu rewarded the administrative officials, but Feng did not serve the country, but Wang Haihan."

Qu Yuan was slightly disappointed, but he would not force it.

"In terms of business, Yuan is indeed inferior to Guan Zhong of Qi State. Uncle Zong cannot apologize. This is Yuan's self-purification."

In this case, it was Guan Zhong who followed Zongbo to discuss the matter.

And Qu Yuan.

"Uncle Chao, you are going to a new residence. I hope you can take Qu Yuan and Mo Ao with you to find a place to live temporarily."

"Okay, it's a small thing." Uncle Chao was just observing Guan Zhong and Qu Yuan. Both of them are innate people, and their respective ways are profound. In the past few days, what he has seen is also rare. , will naturally pay attention to one or two.

"Come with me... Mo Ao."

Arrogant, people are arrogant, but they have a state of being unable to do anything, but they stick to themselves, put the country first, and do not lose their arrogance, which is very suitable for the Chu country.

Then Uncle Zong and Uncle Chao left.

At the city gate, several familiar people came.

"Father, the wind has arrived, let's find a place to stay first." A woman stood next to an old man in his prime, and on the other side was a simple and honest man in his prime. "General, just now Uncle Xin, who was chopping wood, said that there is a new house in the east of the city. We can take a rest there."

It turned out to be Ou Ye, Mo Nu, and Gan Jiang.

The general nodded slightly.

At this time, Feng Yun was in retreat, but he couldn't see him, so he could only rest first.

Ou Ye looked at the wind and sighed: "In the early years, the Wind Sage saved me, not only when I was in Baiyue, but also when I was in the Yue Kingdom. Without the Feng Sage, I might not be able to leave the Yue Kingdom."

After sighing twice, Ouye shook his head.

"After we go to the east of the city, we have to find a place to live elsewhere. After that, I have repaid my kindness to the country of Yue, and I will stay in this Fengdu from now on. There is no need to leave again."

Everyone knows that the east of the city is his temporary residence, so Ou Ye does not want to live here to express his inner wish.

He will be overjoyed to hear this.

He originally wanted to follow Feng Yun, but this time he didn't need to say goodbye to Mo Nu.

Mo Nu looked softly.

"Will…"

"Ahem... let's go." Ou Ye looked at the passers-by, but said helplessly, then woke up Gan Jiang and Mo Nu, and headed east of the city together.

Along the way, he heard the order of iron casting and recruited forging craftsmen.

This time, Ou Ye led a few people to turn around and go to the southwest of the city. Zong Bo and Guan Zhong were also here. The operation of Shangtang Fengdu depends on how to distribute shell coins and how much to cast.

This is the warehouse of Fengdu, close to the city river, with convenient transportation, and it is also the temporary location of government affairs.

Not far from the storehouse, outside Qiao Shop, under a tea shed set up in front of an ancient tree, Uncle Zong and Guan Zhong, who were drinking tea, saw Ou Ye and others coming to look for them, so they took a break.

Chat with a few people.

"It's Master Ouye!" Uncle Zong lives in Wu, so he naturally knows Ouye's name.

You should know that the reason why Wu State temporarily stopped fighting with Yue State is because the Zhanlu, Shengxie, and Fish Intestines cast by Ouye were all given to Helu, the monarch of Wu State.

The magic of these three swords was widely spread in Wu.

At this time, Ouye wanted to stay in Fengdu for a long time, but Uncle Zong refused to welcome him.

"Ou Ye's casting of shell coins is really a waste of talent."

When Ou Ye heard this, he laughed and shook his head.

"The Saint of Winds has great virtues, and Fengdu also upholds his virtues."

"To mint shell coins for the Wind Saint's Wind Capital is absolutely not a sign of subjugation to one's talents."

After saying this, Uncle Zong paid him a courtesy.

Guan Zhong was thinking, if he could get Ou Ye's sword and give it to the Marquis of Qi, wouldn't it be a good deal, in exchange for a higher position in Qi State, so that he could carry out his duties as a scholar, agriculture, industry and commerce? ah.

"Buzz!"

But at this moment, in the Feng Capital and the Feng Temple, a force that shook the world surged in, the sky changed, and the mysterious energy swirled.

"Feng Temple, stand up, Dao Tian can see it!"

The sound of Feng Yun is like waves, surging in the territory of Fengdu.

Uncle Zong hurriedly came out, but the Feng Temple was about to open and he needed to preside over it.

Behind him, Guan Zhong, Ou Ye and others also hurriedly caught up. They came to Fengdu for the Feng Temple or the Feng Sheng. The minting and management of coins can be put on hold.

……

Hearing the sound, he moved. Not long after, in front of the Three Palaces in front of Feng Temple, there was already a sea of ​​people. Most of them were strangers. In addition to strangers, there were also many young talents who looked like strangers.

Uncle Zong grabbed the hem of Xuanduan's skirt. At this moment, he didn't care about etiquette. He hurriedly walked through the sea of ​​people under the escort of the guards, walked through the Three Palaces, and waited outside the Feng Temple.

"Bang!" The door of Feng Temple opened, and Feng Yun walked out.

Feng Yun looked down, and saw the black clouds crowding the Fengdu City. The boiling sound was still in his ears, but he didn't feel troubled, but was happy that the people of Kyushu were devoted to the Tao, and that humanity was prosperous.

"Wind Saint." Uncle Zong saluted and waited for his order.

Feng Yun felt a little sentimental. In the past two months, besides shaping clay figures and channeling spirits for the sages, he had also used the luck of Fengdu to form a nest spell.

During this period, as the Nest Curse was covered, the sages gradually found their own careers and settled down in the territory of Fengdu according to their own way.

"I wonder how my three relatives are doing."

Uncle Zong naturally understands.

"Chao Bo is a master of masonry skills. Under his leadership, Fengdu City is being built so fast that it can accommodate so many outsiders."

"And in the north of the city, the construction of the Foreign Studies Palace is also continuing. It will be able to house people in just one year. If we accept less, we will be able to accept one or two students by the end of this summer."

"Sui Bo is now hunting in the mountains and has organized a group of guards to drive away wild beasts to protect the people of Fengdu who are farming outside the city."

"Grandma Qiao owns a shop in the southwest of the city. She also keeps accounts for the warehouse and manages goods."

"By the way, Feng Sheng, all countries send gifts. Now that they have been put into the treasury, they are enough to cover the cost of establishing Feng Capital, and there is even more than enough."

……

Uncle Zong talked about all the things in Fengdu

"The Wind City can be self-sufficient... if the wealth of all the countries and the people of the world are gathered in the Wind City and cannot be circulated outward, then the Wind City will become a place of great evil."

Feng Yun warned Uncle Zong that he also understood that people's greed cannot be ignored.

The wind has wisdom, which can be shared by everyone in the world.

But if the wind has wealth...wealth, everyone in the world is selfish and fighting for it, how can everyone share it?

In the history of the human race, there have been many short-sighted people, and there have been many short-sighted commanders. If Feng has wealth, the possibility of suffering disaster is hard to say.

Uncle Zong woke up from the joy and satisfaction of obtaining a large amount of wealth. Yes, Fengdu is not a country and has no monarch, so there is no need to gather wealth, as long as it maintains the operation of Fengdu.

And what Fengdu needs...

"Wisdom, collect the wisdom of the human race, record it in the classics, and store it in Fengdu. This is what Fengdu needs and is greedy for."

Feng Yun named Uncle Zong.

And he took out a letter.

"Yun will be in charge of the Feng Temple. Uncle Zong can send letters to Andi. Andi is Yun's food town. It is in the southwest and can help each other with Fengdu in the east."

"In this letter, there is a message that the people of Andi can travel around to protect humanity, burn the world's books and return them to Fengdu for the learning of future generations."

Of course, Feng Yun didn't say anything about it.

He planned to secretly build a secret cave in the Shennong Mountain on the side of An Di to back up the Book of Fengdu. However, he needed to find an opportunity to explain this matter to the person in charge of An Di in person.

Uncle Zong asked tentatively.

"When the Wind Saint establishes the Wind Capital, the people of Andi will definitely be yearning for it. I'm afraid they all want to come here..."

Feng Yun shook his head.

"The only difference between Andi and Fengdu is the classics and the Feng Temple. If you want to enroll in Andi, you can naturally come to Fengdu to enroll, but the assessment standards will remain the same, and you will be the same as the people of Kyushu."

"The Feng Temple is also general. Anyone who can pass the regulations can enter, no distinction is made."

"When the land is settled, Yun has said that you can stay or leave on your own... At this time, Zong Boqian only needs to remember that in Fengdu, it is okay to treat things fairly."

"If there is no one left in Anland, then there will be no one."

Feng Yun lowered his eyes, but the thought of backing up at Shennong Mountain did not go away.

(End of this chapter)